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m0chisenpai · 1 year

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Hm I have something for lo’ak & neteyam with black!reader (they’re in their avatar body tho)

So you remember the scene were kiri unfortunately has a seizure underwater? yeah, so instead of her let’s say we have the seizure instead *for the same reason she did ofc bc her whole reason was for her having a special connection towards eywa*

BUT! You don’t have to go into detail or anything I just liked the idea and then both lo’ak and neteyam being so scared and worried for their mama 😭

platonic!lo'ak x black!avaatr!reader, platonic! netayem x black!avatar!reader

Lo’ak and Netayem were on edge with all that has transpired in the few months that have passed. From their capture bringing you into a near heart attack, your own close encounter with the devil incarnate that was Quartrich. It was all putting a huge strain on your family. And it did not help that your Sylawinn was barely four and you were expecting again during this time.

The boys vowed to protect you no matter what.

And so as you all took this time among the Metkayina, you spent this time to soak in this moment of peace. Because you felt it, deep in your bones your family was free from the hurricane of pain.

As you sit in your family's hut, fanning the faint fire grilling the freshly caught fish to perfection. You heard the clicks of the Ilu approach and Netayem and Lo’ak enter with Tsireya close on their heels entering your family's maori.

“Boys, Tsireya '' you nodded your head, returning the children's gesture.

“I see you, mate of Toruk Makto.“

“ I see you as well Tsireya and Aonung. I thought I told you both to call me Y/N.” And while his sister flashes you a bashful smile he gives you a boyish grin that makes you chuckle.

“What mischief are you getting into this day?Nothing too bad please, your father and mother had a fit last time” You hummed, placing baskets over the freshly prepared food to be eaten later. Sylawinn now presses herself into your side and you pick her up to sit her in your lap running your hands up and down her back.

“Of course not sa’nu, Tsireya was going to show us the tree of souls, so that we may pay our respects.” Netayem elbows his brother in the ribs before a sly remark can fall out and you hum.

“A wonderful honor to show us. You boys behave, it is an honor and privilege I expect you all to appreciate!” Your sharp eyes cut to the boys who immediately nod returning to their little sister who reached up to her brothers with begging arms. Lo’ak was quick to scoop her into his arms and twirl her high in the air making you chuckle.

“Netyem told us you’ve never connected to the tree before” Tiserya asked with curious eyes that you met.

“It is true. I have yet to. But the last I ever felt connected was during my transition. There are some feelings that arise when I get close to the tree, something strong. Like Eywa is here, and I feel her” Your hand presses to your chest and Kiri watches with intent eyes.

Because she can recall it. She’s seen it. How the water moves with you. How the creatures of the water surround you. She saw it back home as well. A special moment that she will treasure forever. As she and her siblings played in the forest, she looked for you, and saw you lie in a field of high grass. Your eyes shut, and with each breath the grass moved with you.

“I don’t know perhaps I am in my own head ” you shook your head blowing out the warm fire and covering the prepared foods with smaller baskets.

“Come with us then!” Tsierya’s bold declaration sets off the rest of your children who all look up at you expectantly. And you nearly denied them. But it was time you did. Perhaps it was because you knew if you saw Grace, your own family, you couldn’t come back out to face this reality.

And you could pinpoint this feeling in your bones. So you mounted your ilu and with Sylawinn close to your body, you allowed Tsireya and Aonung to lead you and your family through the waters. You enter a cove and can’t help but let your eyes look up and around at the beautiful floating rocks. It was like seeing the hallelujah mountains all over again.

Aonung agrees to stay back and hold Sylawinn. While she gets better with swimming each day, she struggles to hold her breath longer, unlike her siblings. And so you kiss her forehead and pass her to Aonung and dive below the surface, swimming behind Tsireya.

The tree is beautiful. A large tree of coral and ways with the water and a school of fish weave in and out the tree. Tsireya nods her head to one of the floating pieces and connects her queue to it, and the boys and Kiri follow suit with you as well. You close your eyes as you feel yourself being pulled in.

It's bright and white when you're in the lab. Light shines through the windows of the lab you once worked in. And at one of the benches sits, “Grace.”

And she smiles as she stands up, now meeting your height in her avatar form. “Hey Ginger.”

And when she tries to speak she chokes on her words and you feel the fear bubble in your stomach and now you cant breath. And Lo’ak watch in horror as your body convulses and bubbles rush out of you. Netayem is quick to grab your body and swim as fast as possible to the surface with Lo’ak and Tsireya close behind him.

“What’s happening to her!”

“I don’t know!”

It’s all a blur, as you’re rushed back to the maori. You come in and out and can hear bits and pieces and try your best to calm the children. Sylawinn wails for you and you can feel her hand grip your limp one as you are rushed into the tshaki’s maori.

Ronal will not deny her suspicions of your family and distaste as well when you first arrived. But when she sees you enter her heart drops. Because you are a witch child and seeing how your sons grasp onto you with tears freely falling down their faces.

“Se’mu…semu!” Lo’aks voice is thick as he lifts your head to rest on your knees. His hands are shaky as he pushes your hair out of your face. And in any normal circumstance Ronal would have hissed at the boys to get out.

But instead she steadies herself as she kneels beside you and looks deeply into the chidlren's eyes. “I need you boys to steady her head. Calm yourselves. The Great Mother will guide her.”

She burns her incense, fans them over your body as she chants, clicking her tongue. Silence falls, and then you’re breathing again. And you finally have enough strength to squeeze the boy's hand in your own.

“Lo’ak…Netayem…” you press their hands to your chest which heaves as you reach behind Netyaem’s head pressing your foreheads to both boys. “My brave boys, you did so well. Thank you Great Mother…”

#avatar x reader #platonic!lo'ak x reader #platonic netayem x reader #requests #ask mochi

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th-ramblr · 2 years

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1, 13, 14, 20

accepting ;;

1. Who has been your favorite muse to play?

{--This one’s a bit tough to answer. So I think I’m gonna break the question down a bit.

My favorite muse to play on tumblr specifically has to be Lavi from D.Gray-Man. Gonna have to go with Lavi because when I was playing him and made a blog, DGM was still a fairly active community. Hallow had come out that year so there was a huge boom in activity that the fandom hasn’t seen since, and in a search for some good blogs I just happened to start writing with someone in the fandom who was super popular because I really liked their characterization (and unfortunately turned out to be a nasty narcissistic abuser who grooms minors given a few months’ time, oof).

I had so many awesome interactions though and at the time there was also a lot of other events being organized with a good 20-30 regulars at all times. IC movie streams, Cards Against Humanity, Epic Mafia, Chatzy games... I have a lot of good memories from then and it was a lot easier I feel getting interactions back then. I’ve been struggling to get a feeling like that back but I’ve only really had two other times I got somewhat close and neither were on tumblr.

I had a bunch of crossover interactions too, like with the inFamous and Walking Dead fandoms, among others. I was a little bit of a big deal for a while, which was awesome, and I still have a couple of really good friends from back then. I had so many headcanons and awesome threads and AUs...

Unfortunately the fandom is sort of dead now and a lot of the people I liked seeing have moved on for a combination of reasons, from the fandom, some from the site. A lot of it was because of stupid drama and popularity contests. Upsetti.

Outside of tumblr, I’d have to say Alekt and Kytes. I’m actually working on a webcomic that involves both of them (still in the super rough stages tho), if that tells you anything about how much I like them as characters. I like them for entirely different reasons though.

Alekt is one of my “genius” characters. Dare I say, a little on the OP side. He’s generally secretive and mysterious, knows what he wants, and is loaded full of useful skills and talents. He has a way about him and personality however that’s easy to work with, and people tend to like him most of the time.

Kytes is basically the opposite. He’s not “stupid” but he is average intelligence with a lot of handicaps. He’s generally physically weak, he doesn’t really have any big aspirations and doesn’t think he could achieve any anyway, he possesses only a few real skills and most aren’t something he can brag about to anyone, and he has a shithead personality towards most people that makes him difficult to like unless you’re one of the few privileged enough to get his “soft side” (which is like, maybe two other muses total). Kytes is fun to play though specifically because he’s a train wreck and he’s constantly having to learn new things he should’ve already known if his life hadn’t been shit.

Idk, I’m gushing a lot more than this question probably warranted XD--}

13. Who are five of your favorite characters? (In the rp community or otherwise)

{--Just five? Sorry, nah, I’m cheating this list and you can’t stop me.

One of the biggest ones has to ofc be @noctiilvcent‘s OC “Reno” / Rune (not to be mistaken as the same Reno as FFVII). He’s just an incredibly complex character that’s seen a lot of character development over the years and I’ve gotten a first row seat seeing how he’s developed and changed which is awesome. Also I just gotta appreciate some unapologetic baddies.

Canon-character wise, besides Lavi ofc:

Richard B. Riddick from Pitch Black/Chronicles of/Riddick. Big time fave.

Qrow Branwen from RWBY. My best bad luck boy. Honestly pretty relatable.

James Ironwood from RWBY. I know there’s a lot of people who hated his descent into “villainy” in v7 and v8 but god damn I loved it. I really did. Obviously not in a defending-what-he-did kind of light, but just how his whole arc was written was brilliant. I wish we got to see more good-guy-turns-evil arcs like his. The fact that people have to sit bitching and whining how they “ruined” James as a character honestly just speaks to how well written it was, because lbh, we all wanted James to make the right choices and we were rooting for him before Salem beat his door down. And then he didn’t. Other people see that as a failure of the writers, but honestly it was the best written volumes in the whole show imo. Yes, even better than v1 through v3. No you can’t change my mind.

Also from RWBY, Winter Schnee and shitley Whitley Schnee. Marrow is pretty neat too. And Neo. Looking forward to what they do with her next volume. Also Torchwick.

Chuuya from Bungo Stray Dogs. He’s such a feral gives-no-fucks bastard. I love it. His ability is pretty neat too. Also his design is just #aesthetic.

Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan. Do I even need to explain this one?

Thorkell the Tall from Vinland Saga. He's batshit insane and its great. Even my family likes Thorkell and let. me. tell. you. My family HATE anime. So god damn much.

Revy from Black Lagoon. You might be noticing a trend here by now. I like the crazy ones.

Road Camelot, Bookman, Komui Lee, and Yuu Kanda from D.Gray-Man.

Daisuke Kambe from Balance Unlimited. He's such a little shit.

Shibuzaki from Terror in Resonance. This man needs a god damn vacation.

Fai D. Flowright from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Forever mad they didn't animate his arc when they made Spring Thunder Chronicle.

Yuliy from Sirius the Jaeger.

Shikamaru Nara, Omoi, and Darui from Naruto Shippuden. Shikamaru is my spirit animal (joke). Omoi’s constant anxiety is a god damn mood. And Darui is just badass, nuff said. And ofc the real star of the show Kurama.

Yuu Nishinoya from Haikyuu.

Also literally just everyone in 91 Days, Wolf's Rain, and Tower of Druaga.

Final Fantasy characters... Reno, Rude, Tseng (FFVII), Auron, Rikku (FFX), Balthair, Basch, Larsa (FFXII), Nyx, all 4 Chocobros, Aranea (FFXV).

Fetch / Abigail Walker from inFamous Second Son.

Ellie from Last of Us Pt 1. (We don't talk about Part 2)

Zegram Ghart the Black Wolf from Rogue Galaxy.

Waka from Okami.

Kurow from Okamiden.

Negan from Walking Dead.

Sorry but I just can't pick five.--}

14. What are five of your favorite ships? (In the rp community or otherwise)

{--Oh thank god something easy to answer x’D I had to actually sit and think for a hot minute just to find five and some of these are specific to particular friends only.

I don’t have a ton of ships tbqh.

Lavi x Lenalee from D.Gray-Man (main otp tbh)

Lavi x Road from D.Gray-Man

Lavi x Fetch (inFamous)

Faunus!Prompto (FFXV) x Weiss Schnee (RWBY)

Prompto x Gladio (FFXV)--}

20. If you could tell your muse something, what would it be?

{--Be nicer to people and you’d make more friends.--}

#Answered #ooc #The Mun #{--Thanks for sending this in!--}

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alatismeni-theitsa · 3 years

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Wait, I'm confused. Would it be so bad to have one of the gods or goddesses be black or a little dark skinned? Aren't there black people in Greece? I'm not saying the whole pantheon needs to be black or is historically black, but still. I do get where you come from tho with how people think they can rewrite the myths to their liking as though it doesn't belong to a culture.

Short answer for this question, "please follow the ancient texts and depictions of the culture as the natives of the culture have done for millennia, because ancient deities from another culture aren't your coloring book".

Long answer:

Dark-skinned in the Mediterranean sense, it's fine, because that's also in the ancient depictions and it reflects the appearance of the local people. But I sense you are seeing this matter as "white supremacy" of some sort and that's why you are focusing on the Black "race". In reality, the iconography excludes even the most light-skinned Russian.

"Aren't there black people in Greece?" Yes there are (even though veery few compared to the country's population. Greece is among the least diverse countries on the planet). But also consider: Aren't Black people in China? Aren't Black people in Mexico? Aren't Black people in Mongolia? Aren't East Asian people in Congo? Aren't White (e.g. Slavic) people in the Arabian Peninsula? Do you think each country should change the depictions of their gods to suit the minorities in the country each century? Countries worldwide never did that. They keep the ancient depictions of their deities and the deities reflect the appearance of the local people.

Greek people also do that and have done so for millennia. The sudden decision for "diversity" after 2.000 years later came not from the Greeks who preserved the culture, but from the US Americans who started the trend so the Greek pantheon can reflect their own society. This shows a type of ownership by the US over the Greek pantheon.

Since these people have grown too familiar with Greek antiquity (a superficial image of it, mostly) they have adopted an imperialist stance towards our deities. If the Americans (people on the other side of the Atlantic) judge our pantheon as "too White" then that's the global standard, all of a sudden.

This doesn't happen with mythologies the US people (I would also put Northwest Europeans) are not interested in. For example, would you go to a Mongolian person and ask "sorry but why can't we make your gods Black? Why can't we make them look Cherokee? Why can't we make them look Korean?"

Well, technically you can (and gods can transform), but I hope you can understand why you as one person and as an outsider changing Mongolian deities wouldn't be the politest thing to do. Such changes aren't for a few people outside a culture to decide. This isn't for a few people inside the culture to decide. The shift must come from the culture itself in a way that reflects the opinions of the majority.

((Aka not your 1-2 young Greek mutuals on Tumblr and TikTok, but even my yaya on the mountain and my theia on the shore should be ok with it. Also, most Greeks as of now feel very uncomfortable with the appearance changes in our gods. If you go on the streets and ask Greeks about the matter, the majority will say "wtf my dude? Why would you even do that?" And yes, that includes dark-skinned people.))

For many people on the Western side of the internet to extend the same courtesy of the Mongolians - in our hypothetical scenario - to Greeks is very difficult. The reason is they don't see the Greek pantheon as our heritage. The Americans think they have broken free of the colonization mindset of the antiquity stealing Europeans but they are wrong. They still see the Greek pantheon as something theirs, with the younger often perceiving it as characters from a very cool fandom. (No, the Greek gods aren't just "cool deities I learned about in school" for Americans and that's it. There's millions of Greeks who still consider them extremely important for our tradition, and part of our national identity).

In some cases, US Americans feel they are the continuation of the "western civilization" so the gods belong to them now and can change them as they see fit (or "appropriate"). Meanwhile, they don't know how the average Greek even looks/-ed like. Or whatever they know is mostly based on 40's racist propaganda - that's why they often tell Greeks they don't "look Greek". (see my tag #greek speaks) I don't need to spell out how absurd the whole thing is.

Take a look at my F.A.Q. in the section "What’s this “don’t change the depiction of the gods” all about?" There the mindset of the most privileged nations for the Greek pantheon is best described and it covers different scenarios and also Greek history. It's long but a serious disentanglement must be done because this is deep-rooted imperialist thought that must be undone.

There are also the tags #race bending or/and #racebending for more.

#answered #racebending

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savage-rhi · 3 years

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baby, can you make more leon x ashley imagine? i really love them but there is not enough stories about them, it makes me kind of sad tho. 🥺

Sure thing honey :D

"Y'know I didn't take you the type that enjoyed coffee," Leon said with a laugh, smiling as Ashley herself did the same thing.

"I normally don't, but I heard through the grapevine you liked it so I thought meeting here at the cafe would be to your benefit," Ashley said playfully while she used a spoon to stir her coffee. She kept it simple. Black with a few sugar cubes. If she was honest, Ashley still didn't know how she liked taking caffeine. The concept was foreign to her, like many other life milestones.

"Something wrong?" Leon asked.

Ashley shook her head, sighing as he brought the cup to her mouth and took a sip. She carefully placed it down on her plate. A morose look crossing her features as Leon's eyes darted over her, trying to pick up on what was running through her mind.

"I guess I realized how socially inept I am," Ashley shrugged. "I know in Spain, I was more than annoying. Ungrateful, even when you saved me. Being back home, I realized I grew up privileged. I truly didn't have a clue how bad others had it, or--well, doing basic things like this. Hanging out with a friend, and not political figures or the daughters of politicians just so my dad could have a way in for his career."

Leon listened intently, his gaze not leaving Ashley. It was enough to make her giggle as her face blushed.

"I'm sorry. My mouth is running away with me again."

Leon chuckled. "No don't be, I'm processing. I'm kinda like an old computer in that regard. Dial-up and all."

Ashley laughed. She hadn't seen Leon in three years. Not since she was rescued from Salazar and his cult. A lot had changed, but Leon's humor was intact. Despite the horrid things Leon had been through, what he continues to fight, Leon never lost his humanity. Things couldn't be said for Ashley's father, among other folks in the political sphere.

"I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad," Leon said. His voice snapping Ashley out of her thoughts. "Everyone does stupid things when they're young. Hell, myself included. You know, because of me being stupid that was how I ended up getting involved with the Raccoon City incident."

Ashley's eyes widened. "Get out of here!"

"Really," Leon laughed, murmuring a sincere thank you to the barista as his coffee was brought over to the table. He took a gulp right off the bat while letting Ashley's mind marinate over the information. He placed his cup down soon after.

"My girlfriend at the time broke up with me," Leon explained. "Of course with that being my first serious relationship, it screwed me up. I was young, didn't have the best coping skills so I drank. I ended up drunk. When I came to I realized I was late and rushed to get to the city, thinking my bosses were going to have my ass on the first day. The rest is history."

Leon chuckled. It had been so long now that he could laugh at the experience. He remembered there was a time that kept him up most nights. How his actions haunted him.

"Do you ever think about what could have happened if you didn't drink that night?" Ashley asked curiously while Leon nodded.

"I struggled with that, but to be honest I probably wouldn't be alive if I arrived on time. The way things added up after the fact, I know I wouldn't have survived. Anyway, I guess I'm telling you this because things happen for a reason. Our behavior or otherwise can dictate where we end up. Sometimes things are meant to happen in a certain way. There's no sense beating yourself up."

Ashley quietly contemplated Leon's words as she looked down at her coffee. She could hear Leon finish his cup and was already ordering a second one.

"Thank you for sharing this with me," Ashley said while she smiled at Leon. He returned one back and nodded.

"Anytime," Leon cleared his throat. "We should do this more often."

Ashley nearly choked when she took a sip from her cup. Surprised was an understatement.

"You mean--you really would like to meet up again like this?"

Leon shrugged. "Why not? I'm enjoying myself. Aren't you?"

Ashley nodded. It was beginning to hurt to smile, but it was worth it. Maybe there was a chance she could do right by someone besides herself in the end. She had to hope.

#drabbles #resident evil #resident evil fandom #re leon #re ashley #leon kennedy #ashley graham #leon x ashley #resident evil leon #resident evil ashley

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talkingtea · 3 years

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Ok look! Candice is a natural at reporting the news something Iris should be doing for the last few years. Imagine if Eric and crew were talented enough to fledge out proper story arcs for each season like iconic shows of yesteryear. It will never happen of course but just IMAGINE. That's all we have left to cling to these days.

As for Grant, he better hope that his white male privilege kicks in career-wise after TF ends. Regardless how we feel about TPTB, at least we know who they trust when it comes to promoting the show. It's for damn sure not the male lead . It wouldn't shock me if they felt like they got a lemon (car term lol) because their star didn't serve its purpose like they've invision as the face of the show he's named after. Embarrassing.

He dug his on grave tho and will deal with the consequences (like they keep track of these things, mmkay?) eventually. Candice, on the other hand, star power will only go up from here. Why? Not only because she's beautiful, charismatic and talented (among other things), but on record? She's reliable. ✔✔✔💯 Execs love someone they can rely on. I would love to be a fly on the wall for those meetings.

With that said, spending the last couple of years not actively promoting YOUR show because you don't want to or don't feel like it, will easily get you blackballed. You're considered a liability at this point if word gets out on what your do's or don't are as a celebrity. Of course, this depends on what type of roles he's aiming for. If its one where it requires promotion? This could be a situation that could possibly backfire on him. Time will tell.

☕️☕️☕️

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bloodbenderz · 4 years

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Can I ask what your season 1 Lok reboot looks like?

this is about 3k words i checked lmfao dont say i didnt warn u

a key part of the whole thing is that korra gets way more perspectives and more experiences representative of like, normal people in republic city bc i think something that really defined what a good avatar aang was was how many people he met and got to know and how he didnt exclusively or even mostly associate w cops and bureaucrats and leaders. so mako and bolin. well first of all their backstories are a little more fleshed out and we get a less black and white view of the “triads” (lol) and mako and bolin’s experiences w them. cuz the show very much does the whole thing of like Criminals Bad but dont worry even tho mako and bolin did commit crimes theyre not Criminals!! so just a little more nuance on the alleged gang problem and the poverty in the city

korra does start out very naive w very black and white ideas (ex. “you guys are CRIMINALS?”) i think a really good way of developing her away from her sheltered naive worldview is putting her in whats clearly an incredibly complicated city w an absolute cesspool of political conflicts, ethnic tensions, the lasting effects of colonization, etc and having her try and understand the needs of “the people” in a more complicated way than “i have to save the good guys from the bad guys” ykwim? and i think the absolute WORST way to do that is what they did. bc we get mako and bolin who could contribute genuinely compelling thematic elements to the story: one parent who was indigenous and one who was from a colonizer background in the decades directly following the end of the war, kids who grew up in poverty apparently without any familial support, and who now are trying to be “respectable” members of society (especially mako). and then most of that is pretty much tossed aside bc asami swoops in w her capitalist dad and her piles of money and the class issue is just never talked about again.

so the way i’d fix all that is like. introducing more, like, normal people. some nonbenders, more workers, more immigrants, etc, to show what daily life is actually like for people. because. we dont know! we dont have any context about whether the nonbender oppression thing is actually an issue bc we dont KNOW any nonbenders with normal lives! and spoiler: the nonbender oppression thing is not an issue. bc it doesnt make historical sense. lok is set 7 decades after the end of the war. that is not by ANY stretch of the imagination long enough to heal from the scars of imperialism, ESPECIALLY not when lok is also set in a settler colonial state. like that fact should have featured PROMINENTLY in the political and social setting! realistically, nonbenders arent an oppressed class, earth and water nation people are, regardless of bending status! as in all settler colonial states, the colonizers and their descendants (in this case fire nation people) retain most of the financial and political capital, leaving the colonized and racialized immigrants (in this case earth kingdom and water tribe people respectively) generally impoverished and politically suppressed. like aside from the fact that theres no way toph would have become a cop, it’s so ridiculous to think that an established privileged class of fire nation colonizers would EVER accept being policed by earthbenders!

imagine how much more nuanced and interesting it would be to set republic city as a remnant of a colonial past still fraught w the violence and tension that colonialism and the associated ideology imposed?? instead of some vague ideas of criminal who wear 1920s outfits and harass shopkeepers think about why extralegal and violent groups like that might form! earth kingdom people trying to push for the reclamation of their land? ethnic groups protecting themselves against corrupt cops? ESPECIALLY w the history that the fire nation has of SPECIFICALLY jailing and killing earthbenders and waterbenders BECAUSE of the potential they have to resist against fire nation imperialism like it just makes no sense at all that earthbenders would be privileged on land that, 70 years ago, they would have been imprisoned on! like these various paramilitary groups falling along these different ideological or ethnic lines, fire nation or earth kingdom or water tribe, pro colonization or anti colonization, pro cop or anti cop, pro immigrant or anti immigrant, and then you juxtapose that w depictions of a govt thats failing to keep this all under control w tenzin trying desperately to keep it together despite the fact that it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the state has no interest in taking the conflicts seriously and would rather just point vague fingers at criminals and gangs? and THEN you bring in korra, who has no idea about any of this and thinks that all its gonna take is kicking some ass every couple days, meeting normal people who offer all kinds of different opinions abt the efficacy of the state and the different violent or nonviolent groups and ideologies clashing in the city and the way all this shit is affecting people’s lives and livelihoods and relationships w other citizens??

theres so much good shit there so many incredible things u could do w that like Where do we go after colonial atrocities? is it possible for a settler colonial state to take revolutionary or indigenous ideas seriously? is liberal reform enough in a state like this? and then all the growth that korra could do going from a simple black and white life about mastering the elements to this messy complicated sociopolitical knot of a city? and all the different kinds of characters u could introduce in this city? like why would u EVER think that the most interesting characters that this story has to offer is a police chief a congressman and a billionaire????

but anyways. that’s what the Setting of my idealized version of lok is. as for the actual plot, it is as follows

it starts out similarly as the show. republic city is MUCH more fraught w political tension and violence and korra knows this but assumes that it’s just a matter of throwing a few gang leaders and corrupt officials in jail. tenzin manages to come see them in the south pole and intends give korra real lessons while he’s there but they receive news of a terrorist attack in republic city only a few days after he gets there so his family has to pack up and leave again.

korra stows away to republic city (katara catches her leaving and gives her blessing im a SUCKER for that moment). she does have a hard time adjusting but she doesn’t do what she did in the show lol the first person she meets in the city is this older woman who works on the docks, directs her to a place where she can eat and gives her a roof to sleep under for the first night. so korra’s first exposure to republic city is just about forming connections w ordinary people like ship workers and a family owned restaurant and people practicing their bending in the park. and by the time she reaches air temple island a day or so later her head is spinning w all this new information and the way that nothing is really what she expected it to be. tenzin gives her his own perspective on everything and pema gives her her own perspective on everything and even those two seem wildly different from all the people she’s already met. and so korra starts to get a kind of outline of the conflicts plaguing the city as extremely complex and a lot more influenced by older ideas of fire nation imperialism and earth kingdom land reclamation than she had any idea about.

mako and bolin are still pro benders but not like. super famous like they are in the show. korra’s picked up a couple friends by now and one of them takes her to a gym where a lot of amateur pro bending (is that an oxymoron? lol) matches happen and thats how she meets mako and bolin and joins their pro bending team. Unfortunately for korra, this gym is run by lin beifong, and also has the distinction of being one of the most notoriously anti settler state organizations in the country. lin beifong is NOT a cop but she runs this gym (and the pro bending league) as a way to offer support to local earth kingdom/water tribe youth, teach self defense skills, a center of community organizing, and sometimes to act as a front to hide revolutionary/combat organizing against the pro fire nation paramilitaries/police force. tenzin is DISTRAUGHT that korra does this and this is where the friction btwn them comes from bc (from tenzin’s perspective) she does things like this without thinking or even fully understanding the context behind them and tenzin will have to deal w the political fallout of the avatar openly aligning herself w a very divisive figure in the community and (from korra’s perspective) tenzin is too unwilling to take sides in a conflict that’s claiming lives and when the state is clearly not taking sufficient steps to protect people well then why the hell shouldnt she align herself w lin beifong, who IS taking steps to protect and support people?

as korra more fully integrates herself into the city and learns more abt how different people think abt everything going on this is where the real exposition abt the equalists begins. they’re a paramilitary group w an ideology thats gaining increasing support among middle/upper class fire nation people, esp nonbenders. on the face theyre abt putting checks on “bender oppression” but really it’s an excuse to persecute and surveil earthbenders waterbenders and airbenders, bc fire nation people have all this leftover fear about benders who arent fire nation Rising Up Against them and these people who r using their Savage Excuse for Bending to terrorize good innocent (fire nation) people. theres all too frequent terrorist attacks that the equalists claim credit for mostly against monuments to earth/water/air nation people and earth/water nation community centers (one like it was the event that forced tenzin back to republic city) but also like the govt doesnt take a lot of these seriously or if they do only a couple people are charged without doing damage to the entire organization

this is also around the time that they meet asami and she becomes part of their friend group. asami likes pro bending but her dad HATES it so she sneaks out to watch matches at lin beifong’s gym (korra says ironically like don’t u know how ~divisive~ that is and asami answers that the only reason its Not divisive is that gyms like beifongs are the only place where nobody recognizes her). and asami alongside korra is also kind of developing a more nuanced perspective on the city that she lives in cuz obviously the only worldview she’s ever been exposed to is her father’s right? and she keeps pushing it off making excuses not to bring mako and bolin and korra around to her house or even not to be seen w them in certain neighborhoods until they call her on it and she’s like Well honestly my dad might do something awful to u! and i dont wanna risk it!

and as time goes on we see more abt asami’s home life like her father’s hyper conservative politics and asami keeps these secrets abt her hobbies and her friends from him but she’s still clearly under his influence and mako bolin and korra r getting increasingly worried abt it cuz like...asami seems to tend to make excuses for him so that she wont have to be drawn into conflict and originally they think its just her being privileged and thats def part of it but the more they find out abt it the more they realize what a tight fucking grip he has on her and the way that like. asami sneaking out once or twice a week is the Only thing she does for herself. and it really starts freaking them out how influential this billionaire is and all the information theyre getting from asami abt what a piece of shit he clearly is. and so that whole plot thing comes about and shows us how deeply embedded these “equalist” ideas are in conservative republic city politics and how much influence theyre actually having in policy making and law enforcement.

asami suffers in the aftermath of this like being forced to truly confront the harm her father is doing both to the city and to herself. and she ends up leaving home when this discovery really breaks. but bc of the deep corruption in govt and police sato isn’t really....dealt with? like this big story breaks and everyones like Oh, My God! Hiroshi Sato Is Funding An Illegal Paramilitary Group! and theres all kinds of inane political discourse about it and he’s arrested but he bails himself out immediately and his finances are examined but he maintains control over them and after a few weeks the gang (bc they Have become close among all this w much less interpersonal drama lol) has to admit that this news story hasnt done what they thought it was going to it hasn’t dealt the equalists a real hit its just given them a very high profile ally

and this is when things really start to ramp up in terms of action like up until now korra’s daily activities are mostly like hanging around in the city w her friends (which in part entails doing little avatar stuff that people dont feel comfortable going to police with, like Can you help me my ex husband wont pay child support or Please help i got robbed and i really needed that money for rent next month or Help my son keeps skipping school can you talk to him cuz im worried abt him being safe and doing well in school) and pro bending and airbending lessons (which i know ive neglected this part of the story in terms of her whole spiritual/physical conflict but it’s more of a subtle thing like it’s one of tenzin and korra’s more frequent arguments like tenzin says she needs to focus on spirituality and korra asks why she even needs to bc republic city is a sociopolitical problem not a spiritual one) but now the equalist threat seems to really be looming on every level of society like the storyline of equalists preventing pro bending matches happens here and everyones just at a total loss of what to do next. plus increasing and scary rhetoric about tenzin and his family that destroying the last airbenders is necessary to preserving the integrity of the united republic

and so theres the equalist takeover of the city. the people who are mostly resisting this are lin and ragtag group of people who have been resisting colonial rule for a long time (including suyin, who is part of a communist anti colonial community outside the city, because i said so and i think it would be fun), people who have been visiting her gym for years, members of her amateur pro bending league, plus asami and korra and tenzin. korra and tenzin have a sweet moment (bc they do genuinely care abt each other a lot even if their relationship has been marked w a lot of tension and arguing) where tenzin says like you know i think that ive lost focus on the kind of spirituality that might actually help you. korra says what do you mean? and tenzin kind of gestures to where theyre sitting with people buzzing around organizing to take care of innocents and civilians and to fight the equalists and he says this is a kind of spiritual too, isnt it?

and something something plot plot blah blah i havent decided on the details of the plot climax yet but that’s the climax of korra’s character development and what helps her connect w her spiritual side in order to protect the city: the realization that community is its own kind of spirituality. and it kind of represents the real development that i want her to have going from somebody who thinks that the world is divided into criminals and victims and she has to save the victims Into the kind of avatar who understands the people that she’s bound to serve. she becomes an avatar of the people!

and then happy ending lol korra and asami get together lin and tenzin reconcile after years of being at odds the show ends on a hopeful note that the inhabitants of republic city and the united republic as a whole Can move on from the scars of colonialism by reckoning w the remnants of fire nation colonial ideology and reparations to the earth kingdom people whose land this is and destruction of colonial systems that have maintained and enforced colonial violence all these years

#the ending of this isnt as detailed as the beginning and middle bc ive drafted the first couple chapters but i havent thought out the #logistics and details of the climax lol #asks #lok

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bbykeijis · 4 years

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PLAYiNG AMONG US !

# kei tsukishima, kozume kenma, kōtarō bokuto, & tōru oikawa

summary: when you play among us with your boyfriend & you become the imposter ;)

author’s note: this is an updated version of one i did awhile ago on my old page,, i hope you guys enjoy it <3

genre: fluff, bokuto & oikawa being dramatic

TSUKISHIMA | YELLOW

you guys decided to play on the way home after tsukki's volleyball practice,, so it was getting pretty late,, the darkness was perfect for this kinda shit

you put your name as fatco0chie & picked your favourite colour,, if your fave colour was yellow u kicked him and chose another one lol

lmao as soon as you saw the start countdown you hid your phone from him and he's like ??? and ur like >:|

the game starts & tsukki mumbled that he's a crewmate,, you believe him because you are an imposter hehe

you almost vent in front of him and a bunch of others in electrical so you wait for the others to leave so you can murder your boyfriend lol

"where are you right now?" tsukki asks mundanely, "these downloading tasks are so bor-"

he freezes mid word and looks at his phone screen emotionlessly as he watches your f/c character snap the neck of his yellow one.

you remain silent as he sighes deeply and turns to you.

"you're gonna pay for that."

KENMA | RED

you guys have been playing for hours and he's literally been the imposter everytime which results in you being killed everytime

"kenma don't do it- fUCK YOU!" "hehe."

after like 20 games and a quick name change to "kenmasucks" and he rolls ur eyes @ ur childishness (he thinks it's cute tho dw)

the countdown starts and you prepare urself to be a vulnerable crewmate again but you see the red letters and you're fucking ready

you can hear kenma sigh because it's not him and he reluctantly does the tasks,, he hates them bc they're highkey boring ngl

after a few seconds you sabotage the reactor and everyone but you and him go to it,, "i can't be bothered lmao" he says

you follow him to electrical and kill him straight away in front of someone else but you don't care,, u just wanted revenge tm

kenma just kinda stays silent and looks at you emotionless as you cackle

yh, anyways you got voted out,, stupid ass

BOKUTO | WHITE

the two of you are in class but it's super boring,, you decide to text your boyfriend

babe, i wanna play among us" "say less"

you guys load into a waiting room,, your name is yumthighs and his name is thighguy (bokuto is a thigh guy,, we been knew)

bokuto types into the chat,, "babe ur not gonna kill me if ur the bad guy right??"

you don't reply >:)

you load into the game and akaashi is in the game too,, the guy looks at your from across the classroom with a smirk and a nod & ur hyped tf up

whenever you play among us bokuto likes to flow you around so he can 'protect' you so it's kinda hard to like,,, yknow,,, commit murder <3

suddenly there's an opportunity,, you, akaashi and bokuto are alone in electrical and akaashi locks the doors

bokuto literally screams like an extra motherfucker as you shoot him and vent away with your accomplice

oops now he has detention :)

OIKAWA | PINK

yes, pink.

this mf probably names himself selener too in the hopes someone says 'i gotta keep an eye out for selener' in the emergency meeting pjahaja

it’s 2 am on a saturday and the two of you are cuddled together in his bed as you wait for the game to start,, he wants to keep you close so he can see if you'll kill him

“oops, looks like i'm the imposter" *nervous gulp*

you've never killed him before because he gets sooo bitchy when it happens so you let him be for the first half of the game

soon the game is down to the last few people so you decide it's time to pull out your final move so you can win hehe

"y/n, if you do this i will never speak to you again," oikawa says as you follow him into admin.

no one else is there which means it's the perfect time to finish him off, you both knew this.

you turn to face your boyfriend with a small frown, "you think i would kill you, baby? i love you too much for that."

oikawa immediately calms and kisses your cheek.

"thank you so much- you fucking demon!"

yeah, you lost bed privileges (the mofo kicked you off the bed, oops-)

#haikyuu #hq x reader #haikyuu imagines #oikawa imagine #tsukishima imagine #bokuto imagine #kenma imagine #haikyuu!!#fluff #among us

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strawbebehmod · 4 years

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Some potentially controversial headcanons about sexuality and gender in atla

Ok so I have some headcanons about gender and sexuality in the atlaverse that may controdict some aspects of canon as well as many other's headcanons but I feel go pretty inline with the nations, either based on their inspo country's history or the feel I get from the nations in canon culture. If you disagree that's totally chill I just wanna get my thoughts out there to see who else agrees.

So with that let's begin:

Air nomads

This I think everyone agrees on that the air nomads didn't give a shit about gender or sexuality. Love is love and gender is an illusion.

They also were very pro poly relationships

However, cause of the whole communally raising children thing that's a part of canon I don't think all the temples really had a concept of marriage and some groups may have actually given you odd looks if you wanted to be exclusive with someone

But the general 'let it be' culture meant you really wouldn't get any widespread social grief on the issue just maybe have a few arguments with friends or maybe a partner that wasn't used to being exclusive or was used to being exclusive and you weren't, and you veritably weren't going to be ostracized for your sexuality or preferences in a relationship. It's a domestic issue rather than a social justice one.

Air nomads were by far the most accepting of asexuality and aromaticism.

Water tribe

I actually think things very between the north and the south a lot due to their seperation, but a commonality between them is their strong sense of gender roles and other ridged segregations in gender like the whole waterbending thing.

That being said, transness is very much accepted but there are specific ceremonies for transitioning and coming out to the tribe, and it can mean losing some privileges you had from the gender you were assigned at birth.

There's also a third non-binary gender that has its own specific ceremony. This circumvented a lot of rules about who could learn what type of waterbending, particularly up north but also carried a few unique social responsibilities like officiating weddings but could also strip you of some priviledges from your initially assigned gender, such as paticipation in specific gendered rituals such as women's cerimonies or men's cerimonies.

Those members had their own unique cerimonies and celibrations however.

In the northern watertribe specifically homosexuality is very much accepted but under the current cheiftan unions of politics like Yue's will almost always come before unions of love, so gay individuals can sadly be forced into hetero relationships via arranged mairrage, with the only concessions being that they can take on a single same sex lover outside of the union.

The absoluteness of the arranged mairrage rules can change based on who is in charge however.

Biphobia has had a history of being a problem in the water tribes as they have a huge emphasis on separation and opposites in their culture as their two biggest spirits represent yin and yang. Lesbians were long considered favored by tui and gay men favored by la, as if they were living symbols of the spirits.

There was discourse as to how bi and pan people fit into this model, some even horribly suggesting they were abandoned by the spirits, but the current concesus among spiritual experts and elders is they are actually a symbol of tui and la's love for eachother and thus favored by both.

The southern water tribe has always been laxer about the gender specific stuff and never had the arranged mairrage rules.

It was always much smaller however so LGBT individuals were less common. This often made it harder for homosexual individuals to find romantic love as there were just fewer fellow LGBT people that were avalible.

So if you came out as gay/bi/pan/lesbian to the tribe it was often the tradition to complete your ice dodging cerimony soon after and then become a sailor for at least three years to try and find romance while trading goods with the other nations if you didn't have a partner already.

A majority of southern tribe fishermen/women as a result were LGBT. Being a full-time fisherman is now a euphamism for being a lonely gay person.

Southern watertribe mermaid tales were almost always very gay as a result.

Unfortunately due to the southern watertribe's culture and traditions being decimated by the firenation's raids, a lot of LGBT culture in the southern tribe was also lost.

They're still pretty accepting but because of the dwindled population of the southern tribe and the fact that LGBT people tend to only make up 1-10% of an average population in the real world, it's rare for a gay individual to be born into the southern tribe, usually only once every generation now, if they realize they are gay to begin with.

As a result of that and the fact that bringing it up generally brings up the fact that the firenation destroyed what nice things they had, it's often not talked about outside of between elders mourning better times, which has made it even harder for some individuals to even realize they are LGBT to begin with.

The swamp benders are mostly men who wear leaf loin cloths they gay af and we're probs established by southern watertribe gays and bis that got lost in their travels and decided to settle down in the swamp, eventually attracting the attention of other lgbt earth kingdom people who decided to live with them.

Earth Kingdom

There's a huge divide among how it's treated among peasents and aristocracy

Peasents grew up on stories of past earth kings with many lovers, including several gay ones

So depending on where you live homosexuality is either considered something romantic of fairy-tales or celibrated as something unique and uncommon

In some places where people have more spirituality, some joke that gay people were royals in their past lives.

The earth kingdom is big tho, so some small towns can be homophobic but it's much rarer and usually because they were established by homophobes who were chased from areas that were very anti homophobia.

Fetishization of homosexuality can happen but it's again depending on where you are.

The earth kingdom is also very accepting of asexuality but there are stereotypes such as asexuals usually becoming gurus.

In aristocracy things are a bit different

Homosexuality is still pretty accepted but due to how prevalent arrange mairrages are it's heavily assosiated with affairs and running away from family obligations and thus it's a bit taboo to speak publicly about it in high society.

Lesbianism specifically cause China, what the earth kingdom is based on, has a long history of writing off women's feelings.

The upper crust of Ba Sing Se, despite lots of historically gay earth kings, has a big homophobia issue thanks to the Dai Lee slowly becoming corrupted after Kyoshi died.

Long Feng particularly had a hand in making talking about gay stuff practically off the table or seen as only something for filthy commoners.

Transgenderism, again cause of China historically treating women like shit, is a subject of a lot of discourse in the Earth kingdom, although there are no legal issues with being transgender and one can have their passports changed in certian cities and towns to reflect their gender identity if they move there, but only in those specific towns.

Omashu is one of them and is extremely pro trans and in general pro LGBT even among the aristocracy, infact king Bumi in his first year of rule established specific holidays for celibrating trans people, gay men, lesbians, asexuals, bisexuals, agender people, and any other gender or sexual identity Bumi knew about.

He has added to the list since. Whenever he finds out about a new gender identity or sexuality he sets the day he found out as a day for a feats next year celibrating it.

This is why there are so many feasts in omashu.

He also often officiates gay weddings himself because according to him "gay weddings are the most interesting and creative. They all have mad geniuses for their wedding planners I tell ya"

Tbh he will randomly show up to any wedding in his city cause he loves parties but he will specifically officiate gay ones.

The Fire Nation

Ok this is where some people may get pissed cause I disagree that the firenation is horribly homophobic

I know it was stated by one of the creators that the firenation has anti gay laws thanks to Sozin but Japan had a loooooong history of celibrating gay stuff prior to westernization and the firenation is based off of Japan. Also kinda headcanon Sozin as having a thing for Roku that fell apart with the whole war bs.

So Sozin never imo put into place any homophobic laws aside from banning gay writings and plays within the palace out of bitterness of having Roku betray him and just didn't want to have anything around him that would remind him of him. Dude got so mopey over it he neglected his wife and children a lot, despite the whole thing being 100% his fault.

Azulon on the other hand was a homophobic son of a bitch and put a lot of anti gay and trans laws into effect. While none outlawed same sex relations, they included ones that allowed people to get away with firing people or harming people for being LGBT.

Ozai was also extremely homophobic.

But before all this the fire nation was practically a gay paradise. Fire is the element of passion, and so gay sex and relationships were considered for a long time just as normal as heterosexual relationships.

There were festivals and holidays celibrating gay lovers, lots of LGBT writing and art, and many many plays on the subject

There were several folk stories of Agni the sun spirit coming down to earth to meet his male human lovers, including one that explained why we have night and day. (Tui introduced Agni to one of the volcano spirit's sons so that she may rule the night in peace without his constant incercession and annoying boastfulness)

Soldiers were pretty much expected to have a gay relationship with one of their brothers in arms if they were single to increase the loyalty among troops.

The firenation was the only nation where arranged mairrages could be nullified instantly on the grounds that one of the individuals involved was gay, unless you were the firelord and that was only because it was the firelord's duty to produce at least one heir to continue the linage, so it was seen as the firelord's sacrifice to his or her people to take up at least one opposite sexed partner. Romantic affairs were expected and understood in such situations however so long as there was already an heir to the throne born.

Families could even be punished with jail time for knowingly forcing their gay children into heterosexual relationships.

Gay couples could adopt children too and denying one on the grounds of being gay would be grounds for removal of your position in child care and being blacklisted.

There were still homophobes but homophobia was squashed a lot

Azulon managed to "justify" the cultural shift and changes to laws by having newspapers publishing fake news about pedophilia cases being linked to homosexuality as well as other stories linking homosexuality to degenerate acts.

He also used the culture of honor and family loyalty to shame gay children for ending their parent's bloodlines and claiming gay individuals were less likely to take care of their parents in their old age. And that trans children dishonored their parents by rejecting their "birth gender"

He even had certian folk stories changed to be heterosexual

This allowed homophobia and transphobia to spred in the firenation

However many individual towns held onto their pro LGBT roots and still published and performed gay literary works and plays.

And azulon and ozai were unable to remove many nonheteronormative traditions, such as guy friends being extremely physically affectionate, more so than with their girl counterparts.

In some areas it's still customary to greet close male friends with platonic kisses on the cheek

Zuko repealed many of the old laws established by his father and grandfather almost immediately, and reestablished many old holidays and protections for LGBT individuals.

Fixing the damage is still taking time, but with a corrected history of the firenation being now taught in classes thanks to zuko and aang, things are getting back to the way they once were slowly.

#avatar the last airbender #zuko #aang #water tribe #atla #fire nation #earth kingdom #air nomads #long post #homophobia #biphobia #lgbt #transphobia #gay #bi #ace #headcanon

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letoscrawls · 4 years

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What are your Extremely Italian Opinions? Anything from politics to pasta, drop some hot takes

mmmmm good question! even though i'm not a proud italian as i'm very critical of this country and i'd love to live abroad in the future, i do have typical italian opinions that i'm ready to die for. I’m sure these will be mainly about food, but let’s see:

-say whatever you want, but italian food is the best food in the entire world, not only it’s healthy but it’s also delicious and no nation can compare :) no you can’t change my mind :) every time i watch Ratatouille i cringe so bad at the beginning when they say that French cuisine is known to be the best in the world??? that’s so false and i don’t even find it funny, we italians take food so seriously and if you dare criticize something about our food we take it very personal, yes, IT IS THAT DEEP.

-idk if it's a take but i find it funny that we don't use ice that much?? like i was so shocked to learn that smoothies are made WITH ICE?? we almost never use it, we definitely don't put it in coffee and we have this strange belief that ice gives you stomachache, especially if you want to take a bath, we usually wait two or three hours before taking a bath after a meal, especially if there's ice in it somewhere lol i think it's a typical Italian Grandma Advice but we all follow it religiously. Even though i know it's bizarre i can't help but wait at least two hours after my meal before having any kind of contact with water

-No one dubs movies and cartoons like italians. Our voice actors are superior (but the italian Rebels dub is terrible, don’t watch Rebels in italian, everyone sounds very bad except for Thrawn, surprisingly his voice better than the original and i've already talked about this in my ig stories some time ago haha) and i often watch shows and movies in italian even tho it's "trendy" nowadays to watch everything in english. Tbh i think that a country with a strong tradition of voice acting shouldn't neglect it in favor of the original language, just because something was made in english it doesn't make it better. For example, the prequel trilogy is insanely better in italian, while i love Hayden's performance as Anakin i think that sometimes...it lacks emotion? the italian dub makes up for those parts, i couldn't understand why international fans used to despise the PT so much at first, especially the acting. There isn't one single character in the prequels that sounds bad, really. Same thing goes for Disney classics, i find them 100% funnier in italian (the most memorable example is Emperor's New Groove, the main characters are voiced by some of the funniest comedians we have, they all did an amazing job), even tho some characters are voiced by celebrities who don't do voice acting on a regular basis the result is always phenomenal. Honorable mention to the Genie in Aladdin who is voiced by Gigi Proietti, an actor and comedian of immesurable talent who passed away a few days ago, his performance is on the same level of Robin Williams' imo. So yeah, i'm a huge fan of italian voice acting in case you didn't notice

-regarding politics, lots of people here say that we have the "best democracy in the world" or something like that.........eh, i highly doubt it. I hate this country because there is no meritocracy, you're most likely to succeed if you have good connections or a powerful family. The worst part is that this applies to EVERYTHING and it's terrible. Also there's a big imbalance between North Italy and South Italy, so it's hard to succeed and have access to a good education if you're born in the South and you're poor. And it's a shame. I was lucky enough to live near a very good university so i pay for taxes and nothing else, but only those who are born in wealthy families in the south can afford university in the north as universities in the south are not that good in general. it's really a shame bc south italy is freaking beautiful but the government doesn't spend the same amount of time, energy and money and that's also one of the reasons crime rates are so high there. truly every single issue in Italy could be resolved by funding our education system but most politicians don't give a flying fuck about it and it shows :/

-University in italy is considered a privilege, something that people do because they are too lazy to go to work and get "a real job". we have one of the lowest rates of student getting a degree in europe and yet a lot of people are expected to be jobless for years after graduating uni. it's crazy. there is no respect or consideration for university students since you're not obliged by law to attend one but it's your choice. university professors are terrible, they act like we don't have a personal life and in most cases will make everything so hard that you'll need to take an exam even 15 times before passing it. a friend of mine who is a prodigy in Math attended a really good university in Switzerland and he told me that you can take exams a max of 3 times there but you usually don't need to because they are much easier to pass?? also exams are so hard to pass, my degree is a living hell, you have to take multiple tests, do projects and assignments to pass one freaking exam, while the entire world has the paper system, so you basically write a paper and then the teacher grades it and guess what??? YOU LEARN STUFF ANYWAY. i hate that university in italy takes so much years, tears and mental energy to finish and this leads me to my next point

-healthcare. Italy has one of the best healthcare systems in the world because, well, it's free! You have some kind of bills to pay, but they are not as expensive as in the US, the country got a huge debt at some point in the 60s/70s (i guess??) to afford free healthcare but it was really worth it!! HOWEVER, i think it's pointless to have free healthcare for literally anything besides mental health. sadly, mental health is a tough topic here, if you suffer from a mental illness you're considered crazy, an attention seeker, incapable of being a normal citizen and stuff like that. therapists are super expensive and only wealthy people can afford them. personally, i can't afford one and i would love to since i suffer from anxiety and maybe other things (but i guess i'll never know since my country doesn't give a fuck lmao). and university students are most likely to have mental health issues due to the terrible conditions we live in, yet society ignores us, this results in very high suicide rates among students in their twenties. i honestly hate it so fucking much, especially because studying psychology is considered "easy" and you'll probably be jobless after your degree. psychologists are doctors, they deserve to be paid like any other doctor because they save lives, for real.

So uhm this was supposed to be funny but ended being very critical hahahaha

#ask #long post #THIS TOOK ME WEEKS TO WRITE WTF #hahahaha

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whatdoesshedotothem · 3 years

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Friday 8 September 1837

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fine morning F54 ½° now at 8 ¼ - out ¼ hour – breakfast at 8 ½ with A- in ½ hour – she off to H-x on her pony to see Mr. Adam about the little field bought of Mr. Harrison, and go to Waterlane mill about giving leave to let off a room etc – out about 9 – about – standing on the embankment near the old entrance gates saw Holt pass with Joseph Mann about 10 – went to them at the Engine pit about 11, and stood talking to H- till about near 12 – said the colliery must pay – I was going towards the 4th thousand – he said the Incline would cost £3000 – on the outlay he agreed I ought to have 10 p.c. .:. £7,000 at 10 p.c. = £350 – the steam would cost £100 a year then if I had only sell 3 acres a year and clear £300 per acre = £900 – 450 = £450 or £150 per acre for the coal. I said I would not do like Mr. Rawson – give the coal doing no more than make interest on outlay – I would rather turn both water and steam power to mill work – Holt said yes! it would be better – perhaps I should better put off the Incline – it could not be done under 2 years work night and day – I could let worsted framed at £18 to £20 a piece and perhaps by and by there might be power to spare to work 18 or 20 frames – the great quantity of water now rising in the EP. will lessen – H- thinks it is not the dead water – I did not give in to delay the Incline; for if I should delay it, better times might come and then I should be behindhand 2 years – sad opposition among the master colliers – Wilson and Sam Holdsworth selling at 6d. a load – Mr. R- selling at 9d. – has very little low bed – mixes it with upper bed – but he may last out 10 or 15 years at the rate he is not getting i.e. 12 colliers I think H- said or say 2 acres a year – But H- thinks my coal will pay – I do not despair tho’ he would think I did this morning – he said Mrs. Prescott was selling off building ground along Southowram bank – asked H- if he thought he could manage getting anyone to buy Beacon hill for me – yes! he thought perhaps he could – would mention it today without letting it be known it was for me – coal being sold, and no privileges, H- would not himself give more than £20 per acre for it – no! I thought that enough – H- off with Joseph Mann about 12 – I went into the walk – from 12 ½ to 2 ½ pruning lavender etc. about the rustic chair and cutting and gathering the lavender followers came in about 2 ¾ - sometime talking to Blythe about the work – he gave me invoice of the wood he bought on Saturday – 5 oak logs, ditto pipe staves and a few 21ft. plank deals = above £50 – note, too, from Mr. Harper saying B- thought the finishing hall, and fitting up the west tower top room would each take 4 joiners 3 months – near an hour in my study, assorting the lavender and cutting the stalks shorter and to one length and left it to dry on my window study seat – Joseph Mann came at 4 20 – off with him at 4 35 to Barraclough cottage to fix upon site of a new well – the one now sunk (in the old place – the hole deepened) 46 yards deep and no water – on the wrong side of the ruttle – the new one to be begun tomorrow or Monday – Hilltop well (26 yards? deep) to be finished tomorrow or Monday and then little Dick to begin sinking at Northgate – at upper Place delf – capital stone – capital delf – SW. to measure last baring and if he has laid down the whole known line of ruttle, one great hole may be filled up – Dobson went with us to his delf under Mr. Rawson to shew us ruttle there – JM. and I then walked forwards to Hols’ pit - 130 yards deep yet still 30 yards from the upper bed – have been 2 years sinking so far, and will be one year more – JM. has no idea where the waste water (after turning the engine that lifts the coal up the shaft) is to go – will all fall on Rawsons’ engine – H- has 40 DW. dry rise coal to get at this pit – H-‘s engine will be about the same power and cost as mine – JM. said my water head would go between Barraclough cottage and George Naylors’ – nearer to the latter – left JM. at the top of the hill (at B- cottage) – home a little before 7 – with Robert Mann and c° railing off Charles H-‘s Norwood head field from the Hall wood in the old wall race – bringing the wall away to the hall – and think of bringing the wall from opposite Park farm house – came in about 7 10 – A- wanted me – shewed me copy of letter Mrs. AW- had had this morning from Mr. W. Priestley begging her to recall the instructions she had given to Messrs. Gray respecting the arrears of annuity that she might die in peace! – wrote copy of letter to Mr. G- which A- sent A- sent tonight to Mr. G- copy of Mr. WP-‘s letter desiring that he might be informed without loss of time that Mrs. AW. would neither recall nor any alter the instructions given and that she was resolved all correspondence on the subject should pass thro’ Messrs. G- and that if, on consulting the will they found she had a right, she wished the annuity to be paid ½ yearly – before my being dressed and A-‘s letter being off, it was 8 at which hour dinner – Mr. Gray returned from Leeds between 7 and 8 this evening and dined with us as usual – tea between 9 and 10 – A- came to bed at 10 and I came upstairs at 10 ½ (leaving skimmed over the paper) F50° at 10 ½ - very fine day – till 11 20 wrote all the above of today –

Supposing that the colliery did not pay me sufficiently my wheel would turn 20 frames and my steam engine (2 horse power = 3 frames) 9 frames = 29 or 30 frames at £18 = £540 at least interest for £7,000 of outlay and save my coal but I do not despair of the colliery – sat up looking over banking book and writing out list of checks since 6 July last till 12 ¼ - I have only three thousand one hundred and ninety two pound left in the bank

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putschki1969 · 3 years

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Wakana Anime Classic 2020 Live Report

■ Online Live Stream Date & Time：2020/12//22 (page opens at 18:00 / live starts at 18:30～) Ticket fee:￥2,500 Tweet

The live is scheduled to start in about 30 minutes. Do not forget to tune in. Better go to the page early in case there is too much traffic. This is a fairly new streaming site and Wakana’s concert will be their very first big live stream so I am preparing myself to be met with some initial difficulties. Of course I hope there won’t be any but one never knows. As always I will do some live commenting so please look forward to that.

Wakana looks like a queen wearing a gorgeous white gown. Beautiful flower arrangements all over the stage and fancy 3D/AR art. Streaming quality sucks tho T_T I knew this would happen. Space Craft really managed to pick the worst site for this *sighs* Live2U’s servers were already struggling when people registered but apparently they didn’t feel it was necessary to do anything about it. Thank God we are getting this archived. They better provide a flawless video for the archived version. I feel really bad because they obviously put a lot of money into the production but when the streaming site sucks, it sucks. Btw, lowering your quality provides a fair bit of stability.

1. Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi wo: A bit shaky initially but after the first few lines her vocals sounded solid. 2. Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara: Honestly better than the studio version. MC: 3. Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa: No thoughts yet but it was definitely nice. 4. Rain: Wakana’s live performance actually made me like this song 5. When She Loved Me: I don’t know it but WOW! I cried! So beautiful 6. Mononoke Hime: YESSSSSSSSS! THANK YOU LORD FOR BLESSING ME WITH THIS! MC: 7. Kimi wo Nosete: Ahhhhh! So good!! Can I use the opportunity to say that I really love 1966 QUARTET. Their playing is so good. They SLAY! 20 Minute Intermission (to air the hall) She is back wearing the same dress she wore for her session with Satoshi Takebe 8. Kizuato: I KNEW she would be singing Kalafina but why Kizuato XD Not among my favourite Kala-songs tbh. I was secretly hoping for “Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku” but Kizuato is probably a better fit for 1966 QUARTET’s accompaniment. Anyways, I am not mad. She sounded good. 9. Mirai: I certainly did NOT expect this :P Quite shaky at parts but some of those high notes sounded absolutely beautiful. Overall not my favourite Kala-self-cover. I think she should stick to slow ballads. 1966 QUARTET are once again showing their talent!! MC: 10: Utautai No Ballad : I thought I didn’t like this song but Wakana changed my mind 11: Get Wild: I cannot express how much I love this song. Wakana’s performance and the arrangement! PERFECTION! MC: 12: Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru Kai: Wakana’s version of this is so good! I don’t particularly like the original version but Wakana gives me chills the way she sings it. MC: Already the last song is coming up. 13. Yume no Yukue: One of my faves from the CD and the live version is even better! Encore: I am not sure the live stream will include the encore. According to the description, we won’t get to watch it T_T As expected, no encore in the stream. I wonder what she is gonna sing for the encore. Apparently she wore a yellow dress. Maybe the one from the photobook? It WAS the one from the pamphlet!!! I see some tweets mentioning “Country Road” from Whisper of the Heart... And she sang “magic moment”! 1966 QUARTET also played a little encore, “Radio GAGA”.

Overall thoughts: Shitty stream notwithstanding, this live was REALLY good and definitely worth my money (although it was tad shorter than I expected). I don’t want to complain too much because it is already a privilege to get to watch those lives. Hearing Wakana perform all these songs was a revelation. For the most part she sounded AMAZING and she sang some of my favourite songs from the album. And OMG, Mononoke Hime.

PS: Seems like the archived video is also lagging due to too much traffic. Will have to watch it once everyone in Japan is asleep. The video quality is definitely better in the archived version but it seems that certain sections were completely cut due to the site’s awful service during the actual live T_T. How can a streaming site like that claim to offer good service when they suck so much?? That’s pretty much fraud. I am sure they must have noticed the complaints from everyone so hopefully they will do something to improve their service. They have finally acknowledged the horrible quality of the archived video and are claiming to work on it. This is why the video is currently not available. They better fix this ASAP.

#kalafina #wakana #report #Wakana Anime Classic 2020 #using my work laptop and a super fast data plan but still the stream sucks

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nacregames · 3 years

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That Gordon Ramsay meme gave me an idea. How well do the ros cook? And what would they think of a caring MC who is also like a master-level chef, cooking their favourite dish for breakfast/lunch/dinner on a date?

Also that Caleb Widogast fanart is just *chef's kiss*( ˘ ³˘)♥. Didn't know you were a Critter(as in Critical role fan, not a bug🐛)

Didn't know you were a critter

I'm not, I just saw that amazing piece of art and reblogged 😂 I have absolutely no clue where it's from, but now I wanna check it out

And it's a long post, so I'll make a cut

As to your ask, I'm gonna put them on a scale from best to worst and add a lil description

Would make Gordon Ramsay proud

Camus

Ara

Mac

Clay

Mel/ Lei

Chal

Lilith

Arrow

Falito

Gab

Polly

Mercy

Candy

You'd be lucky if only the kitchen was burning

Camus is hands down the best chef. He likes experimenting with new/foreign recipes and dude's doing this for at least a century. He's also kind of a snob when it comes to food.

Ara is very interested in other beings and their affairs, especially food. She was curious about it ever since it was created in Heaven and loves to try out all the amazing tastes. The slightly disgusting side of her curiosity is the fact that she also tries out the food of animals too...

I mentioned that Mac has a big family and back when he lived with them, he always had to take care of the household while his parents worked, so cooking was among these things. He enjoys it too, which shows in the taste of the food.

Clay learned to cook from his mother. You can literally taste the love he puts into his dishes since he would always cook for his little sister whenever she was sad and he also prepares a meal for the crew once in a while, but he did it more often in the past than now.

Mel and Lei grew up on boarding schools/ away from their parents and they both went through the struggles every college student goes. They know a few dishes of their own and are really good at following recipes so there cooking is actually good.

Chal never had much time to learn how to cook. That's actually one of the few things she has not excelled at and feels embarrassed about. She can however, prepare a meal just fine when she's exactly told what to do.

Lilith does know how to cook too, but she doesn't enjoy it. She has basic skill and it's enough not to burn the kitchen down and edible.

Arrow actually prepares very tasty dishes, but it would be beyond foolish to leave him unattended. He might not burn the kitchen down, but there are worse things. You might also like to know what exactly he puts into your food.

Falito will fuss if you ask him to cook, but he's capable of it. Would cheat and use his powers to make it tho, but as long as you can eat it...

Well if you give Gab a recipe she will be able to cook it, but you better give her the ingredients beforehand too. Otherwise she might use stuff you wouldn't even dream about putting in your food, because "It has the same attributes". Like idk, the recipe says "use the paste to make the two pieces of cake stick together" and she's like "I'm gonna use organic glue; It's sticky and won't harm the human body when ingested."

Polly practically lives off coffee and bagels. She doesn't breakfast and skips meal, constantly working. She can barely heat up water for her instant noodles.

Mercy grew up as a privileged child of a rich family, so they always had servants who cooked for them. They've been wanting to try to learn it, but Clay refuses to let them in the kitchen.

Candy never learned to cook and never cared for it either. She will it everything and everyone.

I'm going to answer your other question with MC being a good chef a little bit later, because I have a small surprise and don't want to spoil it (｡◕‿◕｡)

#ms #jv #ros #reactions #cooking #fluff #Gab is an idiot sandwich

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queenxxxsupreme · 4 years

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Heyo! So I heard that you’d write for Regis and I thought of something: what about Regis being with a really curious Fem! Reader and she likes to casually ask questions about being a vampire? Stuff like “do different types of blood taste different to you?” “Is it difficult to eat some foods because of your sharp teeth?” Or even “what was the dumbest or craziest thing you did when you were young and realized that you can pretty much do anything because you’re immortal?” Only if you want to tho!❤️

A/N: OMG SEND MORE REGIS FLUFF

You brushed your fingers over the silky material on your stomach. You wore a new chemise, one you’d bought a shop in town earlier in the day. It was soft pink with pretty lace trim around the hem.

You moved through your home, humming a quiet tune as you pushed the door to your bedroom open.

Unsurprisingly, Regis didn’t acknowledge that you had entered the room. He didn’t do it on purpose, but sometimes he became so enveloped in a book or whatever it was that had his attention that he just didn’t realize you were there.

The Higher Vampire sat on his side of the bed against the headboard, ankles crossed as he held a book in his hands.

You closed the door, making sure the click was loud enough to startle him. He lifted his head, smiling at the sight of you.

“Hello, darling. Is that a new nightgown?”

“I bought it earlier today.” You spun lightly on your toes, showing off the cute chemise. “Do you like it?”

“Of course I do. Pink is a fantastic color on you. Very radiant and alluring.”

You smiled, climbing up onto the bed. You moved his hands, taking the book from him and placing it aside so you could rest your head in his lap.

Regis placed his hand on your head, gently brushing his fingers through your hair. Using his free hand, he picked up his book to carry on reading.

“Regis?”

“Yes, my love?”

“Does having sharp teeth make eating difficult? Eating human food?”

Regis chuckled a little from deep within his chest.

“No, darling. I can enjoy human foods just as much as you.”

“Oh, okay.” You closed your eyes, nuzzling your cheek against his thigh a little. “Do vampires like human food?”

“Well that’s quite a silly question. You’ve seen me eat human food plenty of times, my love.”

“Yes, but I wasn’t sure if you did it to be respectful or because it’s just a human habit you’ve picked up.”

“I like human foods.” He chuckled softly. “Well, some human foods.”

You turned over on to your back so you could look up at him. You frowned when you realized he had that damned book again.

“Regis.”

“Yes, my love?” He raised his brows but didn’t look away from the book.

You reached up to grab it but he pulled away, holding it just out of your reach.

“Regis, pay attention to me!” You whined softly.

“I am, darling.” He finally looked down at you, placing one hand on your cheek. “You forget that I am an excellent multitasker.”

“I know you are, love, but this is one of those rare nights I get with you.” You pouted just a little, trying to look more sad than you really were. “Dettlaff isn’t here. Geralt and his brothers are finally gone, not that I dislike their company. But I finally get you all to myself.”

Regis closed the book and put it aside, bringing his hand down to your stomach.

“You have my complete and undivided attention.”

You smiled, content that you’d won.

“Do different types of blood taste different to you?” You asked him, eyes falling to his lips.

“Each individual has their own…. taste. But I don’t believe the taste correlates with blood types. More or less, it has to do with what an individual consumes.”

“Hmm.” You hummed, reaching up to caress his cheek. Your fingers were warm against his skin, tender and careful. You trailed along his jaw to his chin, then up to his lips. “Do vampires mate for life?”

“If one is lucky enough.” He kissed the pad of your index finger.

“Are mates just…. just other vampires?” You asked, timid and hesitant.

He took your hand, pulling it from his face so he could hold you, lacing your fingers between his.

“Depends. I’ve heard of a few who found their mates in humans, but it is a rarity. Why do you ask?”

“Just curious.” You sat up, brushing your hair over one shoulder. “Do you lose your teeth when you are young? Like human children do?”

“No.” Regis shook his head softly, watching you turn around to face him. “We are born with all of our teeth which we keep throughout our lives.”

“Have you ever lost a tooth?”

“Not that I recall, no. But if I were to lose one, I’d imagine it would grow back, regenerate just as an arm or a finger would.”

You clambered into his lap, tucking your knees beneath his arms so you could sit comfortably without completely wrapping your legs around him.

“Geralt always mentioned that you were a punk when you were younger.”

Regis chuckled.

“Ah, yes.”

“What does that mean? What did you do?” You brought your hands to his shoulders then trailed up to his cheeks.

“If you would like to know, then I will tell you. I want to keep nothing from you.” Regis took your hands from his face once more, feeling more comfortable holding your hands. “But my past is nothing I am proud of.”

“Nor is mine.” You looked up at him through your lashes. “I think the best people come from difficult pasts.”

He said nothing, admiring the way your eyes shined just a little from the candlelight.

“But we don’t have to talk about it. I don’t want to talk about anything upsetting tonight, not when we have the house to ourselves.” You leaned forward to steal a kiss from him, soft and chaste. “I have more questions.”

“Of course you do.” Regis watched you lay back along his legs. He smiled at the sight of you. It was clear you were somewhat bored. He was more than happy to keep you occupied with answering whatever questions your mind could create.

“Do you remember everything? Everything that’s ever happened to you? Or just important things?”

“I could probably remember everything if I were to try to keep all of that information in my head. But things get…. fuzzy when there is too much up there.” He tapped his temple and then brought his hands to rest on the outside of your thighs.

You shivered at how cold he was to the touch.

“I try to remember only the important things.”

“Like what?” Your eyes trailed all across the ceiling, searching for something to study.

“Like…. When I met my friends. Geralt and Dettlaff. Jaskier….”

“Me?” You lifted your head to look at him.

“Oh, I could never forget the first time I laid eyes on the most beautiful and stunning being I have ever come across.” He took your hands and pulled you back up into a sitting position, wrapping his arms around you.

You slipped your arms around his neck, nuzzling your nose into his collarbone. His hugs were always the best, always warm and comforting, and they made you feel safe.

“When did you first see me?” You asked, your voice quiet.

“At the library in Oxenfurt. You were sitting on the floor between two bookshelves with dozens of books around you.”

“I couldn’t pick which ones I wanted.” You smiled shyly.

“You looked absolutely breathtaking.”

“You came over and asked me if I needed help finding the right book. So generous of you.”

His chest vibrated with a chuckle.

“I expected to find fiction books among your piles, but they were all nonfiction ranging from medical texts to things about monsters and creatures that live all across the Continent.”

“I like learning.” You lifted your head from his collarbone to kiss his neck. “I like knowing more than others. That way when obnoxious men try to act like they know more than me, I can prove them wrong and make them look like fools.”

“That’s my girl.” Regis rubbed your back and kissed your head. “Your presence then had an effect on me - just as it does now. My very being was influenced by you, just as the tide is influenced by the moon.”

“You’re such a charmer.” You leaned back, still draping your arms around his neck. “I’m already yours, Regis. You don’t need to woo me.”

“Woo you?” He repeated, a playful grin crossing his lips. “My darling, I’m not wooing you. I am simply telling you of the effect you have on me.”

Your eyes fluttered shut as he leaned in to kiss your neck.

“Regis?”

“Yes, my love?” His breath was warm against your neck, making a shiver travel along your spine.

“Do you believe you’ve ever met your mate?”

Regis pulled away from you, eyes finding yours. His brows furrowed together softly.

You couldn’t hold his gaze for long, taking his silence as your answer.

Your chin fell to your chest, eyes closing as you cursed at yourself for bringing it up.

But Regis wouldn’t let you hang your head for long. His index and middle fingers hooked beneath your chin, tilting your head up and making you look at him.

“I know I have.” He murmured, tender and sweet. “And she is the one I have the privilege of sharing a bed with, of calling my own.”

Your heart raced inside your ribs and butterflies fluttered in your stomach.

“Tell me more about her.”

He grinned, leaning forward to kiss your cheek.

“She has a dazzling smile, one that always steals my breath. And she’s brilliant. One of the smartest people I’ve ever met in my entire life.”

“Oh, you are too sweet.” You couldn’t hide the blush that rose to your cheeks. “I’m sure she thinks the world of you.”

Regis was quiet for a few moments, eyes staying on you.

“I know she does. I can see it in her eyes when she looks at me.”

Your lips parted and you smiled.

“Good.” You kissed his lips once more. “Because you’re too good a man for her to let you think otherwise.”

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seijch · 4 years

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bitches make one post about suna in the smoke grays and suddenly it turns into a full round of headcanons...

content warning. drug use (vaping)

TERUSHIMA: man i swear do NOT put this man on the aux!!!!!! some ppl do not believe in paying for a streaming service and i hate to break it to you but yuuji is one of them,,, Want A Break From The Ads? If You Tap Now To Watch A Short Video, You’ll Receive Thirty Minutes Of Ad Free Music type beat... its not even worth it at this point 🤮🤮🤮 his pre-work fits always go hard. shops exclusively on stockx and buys apparel from the store if he fucks w it (and when it goes on sale ... original retail price kinda expensive tho). surprisingly good w the elderly? no one expects it from him but he ALWAYS gets compliments from them and no one else ever wants to deal w the crabby old people so they send him in for a quick and easy sale 🤝🏻

SUNA: ALWAYS vaping in the back. if youre near him in the stockroom hell blow the smoke in your face. punch him. do it. this is the aisle where there are no cameras. BIG sneakerhead but doesnt like to answer questions nskdfsd you could b asking him if a shoe is good for running nd he hits you w that “idk i just work here” and WALKS AWAY. like i KNOW you work here bitch thats the fucking point!!!! his shoe game is always on point so he always gets questions since people think he knows what hes talking abt (he does,, But 😐😐😐)

SHIRABU: at the register. designated cashier, only here because tuition does NOT pay itself... air max supremacist; owns three pairs of air max 270s in the most BASIC colorways 😐 judges customers when they walk in. if he sees someone trying to fake flex he WILL gag. once saw a man and his son with the toyota logo hanging from their matching gold chains and hasnt recovered since.

KOGANEGAWA: gets LOST in the stockroom and is always 🧍‍♂️ when he does. compliments the scent of whatever flavor puff bar suna blows into his face. isnt in the work gc when he first gets hired bc he has an android NJKSDSA but eventually upgrades and is welcomed in (but overuses animojis unironically.....baby please youre embarrassing us). absolute king. one of the best sellers on the floor during back to school season; the mans a high-five machine!! the kids love him. (as they should!)

ATSUMU: gets confused for yuuji from behind a LOT and bitch if this doesnt PISS HIM OFF!!!!!!! youd rlly think that having another person out there w the same exact face as you would train you to handle this shit better but guess not bc tsumu gets SO mad he stomps off to the back and has to 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️ for a bit..... osamu works at the food place two doors down and tells all the cashiers to make him pay full price, fuck a mall discount SDJAKDA there are too many pictures on his ig story of him and suna (reluctantly taken by aran) holding shoes to their ears like theyre the latest iphone. someone stop them before i reach thru the screen and shit in their shoes.

KINDAICHI: originally started working just to make money and knew NOTHING about shoes but bitch did he get INTO IT!!!! yeezy or bust, baby!!!!!! his go to work shoes are the tail lights but he also owns the desert sages (among others). his bank acc is NOT HAPPY,,, homie spends more money than he makes at his shitty minimum wage job 😭 once he learned the Shoe Lore he rlly came into his own as a solid seller but i would not be lying if i said before then he was on stock duty ....

ARAN: mvp of the store!!! gets along w the kids, gets along w the older folks, can hold a conversation w the sneakerheads, you name it hes got it !!!!!! on track to become an assistant manager if he so chooses -- the manager is alr begging him to come on full time but he doesnt wanna tie himself down to a life of selling shoes, yk? has people coming to the store just to see HIM like its a fucking host club. admittedly not as into shoes as someone like suna or tanaka,, definitely knows how to appreciate a Good Shoe but is halfway between a casual and a Full Sneakerhead tbh...

TANAKA: you wouldnt believe it but he is the KING of shoecare, both in usage and in sales! doesnt care as much when it comes to his regular old volleyball asics but when hes at work or out on the town? the flex is honestly UNREAL...catch him slacking, i dare you. shits on anyone who buys a team jordan like ,,, ok gatekeeper! his collection of retro jordans reaches almost concerning levels and refuses to sell any of them. he hasnt worn a good third of them, either (hes waiting for That Moment, whatever the fuck THAT means). only slightly above terushima when it comes to aux privileges. (theres also a video of him in the stockroom wearing nothing but booty shorts at the top of a ladder lipsyncing the lyrics to chandelier by sia. dont ask.)

BOKUTO: THE customer service guy. he spends small amounts of money like nobodys business but is lowkey scared of big purchases... drops $15 for food eight times a week like its nothing but wont buy a pair of $180 shoes... ok. as a result his collection is nowhere near as big as some of the other guys but he treasures them all and takes very good care of them!!! knows JUST what to say to warm any kind of customer up to him (gets hit on a lot, much to the dismay of tanaka nd yuuji)... also has a lot of former customers recognize him (its the hair) and he just has to go 😃 haha hey! every time.

NISHINOYA: whenever he cant reach smth and needs to be out on the floor asap he can and WILL climb up the shelves of the stockroom like a fucking MONKEY NKSFSN 😭😭😭 the authority when it comes to shoes for running, hiking, the gym, etc. if its outdoors leave it to him! had a pair of 270s but the bubble POPPED the one time he used the ladders as he came down..........hes literally traumatized and ALWAYS brings it up whenever he shares a shift w shirabu (who has since asked to not be scheduled w noya due to a “difference in beliefs” MSFSDS)

FUTAKUCHI: ive said it before but hes one of Those People thats worked half the stores in the damn mall so he was hired as a cashier during the holiday szn and left the company a few months later. youd think hed get along w fellow cashier shirabu but 😃 the manager avoids scheduling them together unless the stores gonna be busy bc one of them is gonna wanna use “the better register” and get mad when the other claims it first .... like theyre both FUNCTIONAL arent they??? 😭😭 does NOT give a shit abt shoes!!! never even learned the stockroom, just kinda figured it out as he went along...whenever someone asks him for their size in a shoe he hands it off to someone on the floor unless he cant avoid it (but believe it or not he will always give that person the sale...unless its suna bc he knows suna doesnt give a fuck)

@wackatoshi jic you dont see it when it drops 😚😚

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Dog... not me saying I won't be writing fanfiction anymore, then asking for Haikyuu inspo and then finishing 3 seasons of Bungou Stray Dogs in a week and writing this...... I have no explanations. bye

One Way

Pairing: Dazai Osamu x fem!S/O Word count: 2.7k Warnings: suicide and depression, angst, it ends good tho Summary: After parting, Dazai thought he would never see her again. He convinced himself he wouldn't. But then, a new lead for a case appears, and Dazai feels his entire being shattering to pieces.

When Dazai saw that case for the first time, he didn’t believe it. It was too good to be true. No, it couldn’t possibly be true. After they parted the last time, he never imagined such a chance to present itself to him. But all the evidence said otherwise, so it left him no choice but to believe. His deadly precise logic was in a raging conflict with his emotions, which Dazai never thought would be an issue. Although, lately, everything became too possible for his comfort.

In existential fear of meeting her again, he regretted meeting her at all. Not for the reasons one would assume. Looking back, he should’ve killed himself months, months, and months ago because now that he knew her, he understood how difficult it was going to be. Before, he was eager and ready to end his life. Nothing really held him back, no bonds strong enough to regret leaving them behind. The issue lied not in reflexivity or thinking too much about others. It was in nothing but his own overbearing and absolute selfishness when it came to her. He didn’t want to live to keep her company, he wanted to hold onto his privilege of looking at her, touching her, smelling her hair, kissing her knuckles, feeling her gaze on his face, feeling her fingers in his hair. He was rid of it after they last saw each other, which was ages ago.

Now, this crushing lonely bliss was tumbling down, all because of a file that stared at Dazai from the surface of his desk. Dozens of people dead, Yokohama was on the brink of a cross-organization conflict, and the newly located lead had Dazai completely taken aback. He wasn’t working, of course, to Kunikida’s great annoyance. He was thinking, spiraling into endless rabbit holes, staring at her photo attached to the file. She looked so nice, why did she always look so nice? Well, he knew why, she was elegant and stylish, there was a metaphysical kind of beauty to her, she looked breathtaking no matter what she did. Perhaps, it was his bias talking. She always looked after his appearance back in the Port Mafia days. She fixed his ties, she taught him to buy good-fitted pants and shirts. She wouldn’t shut up about Mori’s coat asking him to please throw this doormat away and get something nice. He figured it probably wasn’t the coat as much as it was her hate for Mori and his nasty pedophilia, it’s so disgusting it’s probably contagious please wash your hands. She cared. It felt nice. She would be happy to know he burnt it. He wondered if she would like his new coat. He bought it trying his best to remember her advice. He wanted to show it to her.

Wanted but couldn’t, there was no way. There were rumours about her death a few years ago among the Port Mafia crowd, but Dazai called bullshit on it right away. She knew better and she did better than just dying somewhere. Staring at her photo that was clearly taken here, in Yokohama, he couldn’t understand. Why was she here? Why was she involved? She had no reason to be. She wanted to get away, there was nothing she wanted more. After Oda died, they both decided to leave Port Mafia. But Dazai intended to stay in Yokohama and she wished to leave without looking back. Mutual loss drove them apart, they both weren’t mentally ready to find compromises. So she left. And he stayed. And now there was this photo of her, shamelessly lying in the file and destroying the elaborate image of a life he has built for himself. He stated at it for another minute or two. There was one reason for her to be back, Dazai was deliberately avoiding even considering this reason because everything inside him screamed how unrealistic and stupid this reason was.

Still, he had to suppress his inner turmoil because no matter what he thought, rationally, there was only one way to find out. Uttering a quiet ‘I see how it is,’ he got up and started walking towards the exit. Kunikida was quick to stop him.

“Where do you think you’re going, Dazai?”

“Weren’t you the one who gave me the file? I’m off to work, of course.”

“Don’t say ‘of course’ like it’s something ordinary, idiot.”

Kunikida eyed Dazai’s face and fell silent for a moment.

“Do you want me to come with you?” He asked, calmer and noticeably more serious. Dazai looked back at him, eyes half-closed, giving him a moment of silence in return before breaking into another exaggerated smile.

“No thank you, I don’t want you ruining my disguise plan, Kunikida.”

Kunikida started yelling again, but Dazai paid it little attention since he was already out of the door.

One way, he thought repeatedly, as if to burn the phrase into his mind. ___ The building Dazai found himself in was no coincidence or convenience. Universe was speaking to him, furiously punching the obvious into the back of his head as he dodged and ignored the impact. The old abandoned church was the place where he found her after a failed attack mission. She wasn’t a stranger to murder, and she was prepared to face death of her associates as well as her own, but it was her first mission in command and a first horrifying defeat, which she did not take lightly. He found her hysterical, sobbing and holding onto her arms so hard it bruised, fingers almost piercing through fabric and skin. Never in his life has Dazai ached for someone else’s pain as much as he ached for hers. He couldn’t bring himself to say something usually harsh, like stop pitying yourself or get over yourself and get your shit together. Instead, he grabbed her and pressed her trembling body into his own, hugging her so hard she could barely breath anymore. He wanted to squeeze all the anguish out of her and absorb it. It wasn’t a problem, he dealt with worse, he could take it, so please let him so she doesn’t have to. His head pulsated in despair, at a loss of what to say and what to do. So he kissed her, so hard their teeth collided. He kissed her and kissed her, until she couldn’t think. He wanted to distract her, to leave her head an empty space, to leave her no chance to reflect, remember, or blame herself. No chance to feel anything.

Looking back, Dazai wouldn’t call it the healthiest way to comfort someone in distress, but it kind of worked, so who’s to judge. He walked up to the altar, allowing the nostalgia to take over his senses for a little while. He always found it funny: they made their secret meeting place a church, yet nothing they did here was close to holy. Nothing they ever did in their lives was holy. A murder 9 to 5 takes a pretty big toll on your mind and soul so having someone in your orbit who relieved your sense of existential dread and sometimes made you forget you’re dead inside helped. This is why Dazai wanted so badly for this lead to be a dead end. He was doing such a nice job of having his shit together and seeing her meant all of it would go to hell. One could say he was being too harsh on himself, but these were facts: as an analytic, Dazai knew himself in and out, and he acknowledged that his feelings for her, which was arguably his most irrational part of being, were a threat to his work performance, moral compass, and strive for the sweet embrace of death. It had to be fake. Then, he would come back to the agency, and she would be gone, and he would be able to solve the case like 2+2 and move on. Then, he would commit suicide, perhaps with some lovely lady, in some poetic and melancholic way, letting the black hole in his chest ascend into space and settle somewhere in its infinity. And all would be well. If this lead was a fake. If it’s a fake. If it’s—

“Fancy meeting you here.”

A second, and Dazai can swear he hears the sounds of glass breaking all around him. Everything is vacuum, the following silence is deafeningly loud in his ears. His body aches and his chest feels tight and prickly. He can’t find it in himself to breathe.

“You know, I wasn’t even sure this place would still be here, but I sacrificed logistics for the sake of a romantic sentiment.”

Her heels tapped against the old wooden floor as he felt her get closer to him.

“I guess great minds think alike,” Dazai said without turning around. There was silence again. He could feel her soft (he knew it as) gaze on his back. His fingers trembled.

“What do you have to do with this whole thing? You’re a primary suspect. What’s your gain?” Deciding to wait no more, Dazai spoke.

He hears her chuckle.

“Why do you ask me if you already know the answer?”

“I want to hear you say it.”

Don’t say it.

“I got involved on purpose, of course.”

“Why?”

Say it isn’t so.

“To get to you.”

The hole in his chest shifts, it grows bigger, hungrier, it howls, like a whale on the bottom of an ocean. Even though she has left a long time ago, her ghostly presence lingers inside of him, a little smoldering coal, red sparkle inside a black pit of nothingness. It senses her presence, her scent, the timbre of her voice, and it starts absorbing everything it can reach just to get her closer, to lure her in.

“It was a pretty risky affair, I confess. I’m on a radar right now. I’m surprised no one followed you here, but you’re Dazai, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.”

She waited for his reaction and when nothing followed, continued to talk.

“My leave from Port Mafia was messy. I’m not on good terms with Mori, like you. I’m not on any terms with him except for my ever-burning hatred of that perv. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you anything, but after Odasaku things moved fast, so I had to leave immediately. The only option of me not dying was a one-way ticket. I wasn’t supposed to get involved with anything in Yokohama, otherwise they would be fast on my ass.”

He knew that, he knew all of that, he wasn’t stupid. He understood she was telling him this to fill the silence and not to explain herself. But seeing, or hearing in this case, her alive meant her escape was successful. So why? Why would she come back? To a person who did not follow her. Who did not write her. Dazai did not want her being tracked by anyone, so he kept his distance. But this distance was supposed to drive her away, to separate them. To turn them into strangers.

“So why,” Dazai said out loud, finishing his train of thought. “Why are you here? Why on earth are you here? Are you out of your mind?”

“Probably, “she mused. She was right behind him now.

“Tell me the reason,” Dazai gritted his teeth. It was the only way to stop his entire body from shaking. Just tell him something, anything but not what he wants her to say.

“Because life without you is meaningless and miserable.”

Dazai scoffed. Who is she saying this to?

“I don’t want to live if it’s a life where I never see you again. I’d rather live 5 minutes after seeing your face than god knows how many years with you as a fading memory. I fucking hate your memory; I don’t need it. I need you. I’m not a good person, I don’t deserve chances at life, I’m not gonna use them. I killed a bunch of innocent people in hopes of getting you on the case, you think I care for my life anymore?”

He remained silent. He knew this feeling too well. To live with a bottomless pit for a heart, to meet someone who covered it so nicely to then be rid of that someone? It was better to never cover the pit in the first place. It only hurts more when you know things can be different. Better leave them untouched and let the black hole swallow you, thinking this is how it’s supposed to be.

“Osamu. Look at me.”

He let in a shaky breath. He hasn’t heard his name like this in forever. No one else could say it like her. In no one else’s lips did it sound so soft, so tender, so welcoming.

So loving.

“Please don’t make me turn around,” he said quietly, barely a whisper, voice filled with pity and hurt.

“Why?” she echoed as quietly.

“Because I’ve been doing such a good job ridding my life of any meaning. I’ve convinced myself I won’t be seeing you again and that I’m fine with it. I’m numb. It makes the work so easy, you know? I can execute any plan and not worry about anything. I’ve studied so many ways of suicide. I’ve never been closer to making my wish come true. I can spend a bit more time helping others and then clock out into nihility.”

He felt her forehead softly press against his back. Her long gentle hands went around his waist and locked on his stomach. Her delicate fingers reached to his hollow chest, to the hungry wailing emptiness that was devouring him and cradled it. She took it into her warm benevolent palms and held it carefully, warming it up. Dazai breathed out brokenly, his own hands lingering above hers, hesitant.

“How am I supposed to kill myself after seeing your face?”

He felt her smile.

“I’m sorry. I’m too selfish.”

Her body shifted back slightly, which made Dazai instinctively turn his head to the side.

“Got you.”

With that, she leaned onto him and caught his lips in hers. Check mate. Losing any last bits of control, he spinned around, grabbing her, pressing her body closer to his. He wanted to hold her close, so close, closer than ever before. He wanted to dissolve in her, to become one with her because it seemed to be the only way to never lose her again. Life didn’t need to have meaning, there was no meaning. No meaning, no God, no purpose, no higher power, no morality, no ethics, no good, and no evil. There was only her. He only needed her. Her lips, her scent, her voice. She could be his God, his judgment his atonement, his nationality, his worldview. His sin and confession, his modesty and decadence. His culture and ignorance.

He could feel her own darkness longing, begging for his presence, the way his longed for her. She talked to him through her tongue entwining with his, through her hands clutching his shirt.

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you

A small and hesitant do you love me? Do you want me?

Dazai smiled helplessly.

Why do you even ask? Of course I love you. I can’t fucking live without you, life is pointless without you in it. I want only you, there is nothing else in this world. It’s only you.

you you you you you you you you

When they break apart, they are both breathless, like they just ran a marathon. He finally opens his eyes and looks at her. It’s a paradox, how she looks so different yet so comfortably same as the last day he saw her. Same glimpse in her eyes when she looks at him. Same soft hands cupping his cheeks. Same breathtaking scent that blurs your mind and vision. It’s her. The pit in his chest is quiet, for the first time in years. The lingering coal is lit up, it’s bright and warm, and the flame is her figure.

She looks him up and down, pleased.

“You got a new coat.”

He grins, pressing his forehead against hers.

“Yeah. Do you like it?”

She closes her eyes again, placing her palm firmly on his chest, sealing the darkness shut.

“I love it.”

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